Horse-blanket.



J. W. PEIRGE.

HORSE BLANKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1908. 938,787. Patented Nov. 2,1909.

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JOSEPH W.- PEIBGE, 0F CORNISI-I, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HORSE-BLANKET Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 2, 1909.

Application filed August 24, 1908. Serial No. 450,013.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH l/V. PEIRCE, citizen of the United States,residing at Cornish, in the county of Sullivan and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HorseBlankets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a blanket adapted to encirclethe body of four footed animals, the several parts of which are designedto be adjustably connected to bring the garment more closely in contactwith the animal and be retained thereon.

The essential feature of blankets constrncted in accordance with myinvention, resides in the peculiar means whereby the blanket is held inposition upon the body of an animal without danger of becoming shiftedeither longitudinally or laterally, my object being to provide a horseblanket which may be adjusted to fit snugly to the animal and which isheld from any shifting movement in any direction after being adjusted,and which is so constructed to these ends that its appearance will notbe injured nor the cost of its production increased.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of the garment applied to an animal; and, Fi 2is an inside face view of the blanket opened.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the blanket or bodyportion of the garment composed of one or two pieces of material andprovided with a longitudinal back strap 2 stitched or otherwise securedto the adjoining edges of each piece of material when the blanketis madein sections, and extending its entire length between the neck opening 3and the opposite end. The outer edges of the material defining the neckopening 3 are bound with a binding material a to prevent fraying and itis provided with a sheath arranged at said neck opening to contain adraw string 5 for regulating and adjusting the neck opening to closelyfit the neck of an animal.

The numeral 6 designates a girth strap secured to the outer face of theblanket 1, between the openings 7 and adapted to protrude through saidopenings to the inner face, and the ends of the strap may be tied orotherwise fastened.

Blanket straps 8 are secured at their upper ends to the rear end of theback strap 2 and extend diagonally downward and forward to slits 9formed in the forward portion of the blanket near its lower edge. Thestraps extend through the slits 9 to the inside of the blanket, as shownin Fig. 2, and are there provided with slide buckles 10 permitting theends of the straps 8 to be adj usted so as to lengthen or shorten thestraps to suit them to various sized animals. The straps 8, when theblanketis in position, are adapted to be passed. between the legs of theanimal and to have their clips or snap hooks 11 engaged with rings 12which are fastened at opposed points on a margin of the neck opening. Aswill be seen from Fig. 1, the girth strap 6 extends around the exteriorof the rear portion of the blanket which is forward of the crupper andextends over and is preferably stitched or otherwise fastened to thelongitudinal back strap 2 and the flank straps 8, the exterior portionof the girth 6 being designated by the numeral 13 provided with slidebuckles 10 at the forward end thereof adapted to adjust the length ofthe detached portion of said straps. These straps as before stated, passthrough the openings 9 from the outer to the inner face of the blanketand thence between the fore legs of the animal to the lower ends of thatportion of the blanket which forms the neck opening and are securedthereto by means of hooks l1 retained within the loops formed by theslide buckles l0, and engaging rings or eyes 12 secured to the blanketat both sides where it forms said neck opening.

Particular attention is called to the flank straps 8 arranged to crossthe back at the crupper and extending downwardly and forwardly to thefront end of the blanket and pass between the fore legs of the animal,in that the garment is adjustably braced in two distinct directions andthe side portions held closely in contact with the body of the animal atall times. It will also be noted that the girth strap 6 in addition toholding the 7 rear part of the blanket closely in relation to theanimals body cooperates with the flank straps in preventing side orlengthwise movement. As both of the straps 8 are adjustable, the blanketmay be used for different sized animals.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A horse blanket of the character described, comprising a body portionprovided with a neck opening, a girth strap extending around the bodyportion atthe rear thereof and passing through slits in the side of thebody portion, and opposed flank straps attached at their upper ends tothe body portion in rear of the girth strap and extending downwardly andforwardly toward the front end of the blanket and on the exteriorthereof, and then through the slits in the same, said flank strapshaving means at their ends whereby they may be passed bet-ween thefore-legs of an animal and attached to the margin of the neck opening.

2. A horse blanket provided with a neck opening and having a strapattached to and extending longitudinally along the center of theblanket, a girth strap secured at its middle to the longitudinal strapand having its ends passing through openings in the body of the blanketadjacent to the lower edges thereof, and opposed flank straps secured attheir upper ends to the rear end of the longitudinal strap, said flankstraps passing downwardly and forwardly to the front of the blanket andthen passing through slits, the ends of the flank straps being providedwith means whereby they may be detachably connected to the margin of theneck opening.

3. A horseblanket having a neck opening at one end provided with meanswhereby it may be contracted, the margin of the neck opening beingprovided with rings, a lon gitudinal strap extending along the mlddle.

of the blanket from front to rear, agirth strap attached to said middlestrap and extending over the face of the blanket nearly to the marginsthereof and then passing through slits in the same, and flank strapsattached to the longitudinal. strap near the rear end of the blanket andextending divergently toward the forward corners of the same, and attheir forward ends passing through slits formed in the blanket, saidflank straps at their termination being pro vided with engaging devices,whereby the flank straps may be passed between the fore legs of theanimal and the engaging devices thereon connected to said rings.

t. A horse blanket having a neck opening at one end and a marginal strapsecured to the margin of the blanket and the neck opening, a draw stringinclosed in the marginal strap at the neck opening and having free endswhereby it may be drawn up, a longitudinal median strap attached to theblanket and extending froin front torear, a girth strap secured at itsmiddle to the median strap and extending transversely across the Lexterior face of the blanket, nearly to the margins thereof, and therepassed through slits in the blanket, flank straps secured to the medianstrap rearward of the girth strap, extending forwardly beneath the girthstrap and divergently to each other toward the forward corners of theblanket, said flank straps passing through openings in the blanket andbeing formed at their ends with hooks, the neck opening being providedwith rings adapted to engage with said hooks on the flank straps.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH W. PEIRGE. WVitnesses: HELEN L. Coon,

Gno. WV. PAUL.

